§ 600. Application. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the\nprovisions of this article shall apply to all members who join or rejoin\na public retirement system of the state on or after July first, nineteen\nhundred seventy-six and to all employees who would have been eligible to\njoin or rejoin such a retirement system on or after such date but in\nlieu thereof elected an optional retirement program to which their\nemployers are thereby required to contribute, except the following:\n 1. Members of the New York state and local police and fire retirement\nsystem;\n 2. (a) Members in the uniformed personnel in institutions under the\njurisdiction of the department of corrections and community supervision\nof New York state, other than certain persons as defined in this section\nor the New York city department of correction.\n (b) For purposes of this paragraph, certain persons means either:\n (i) a person who is appointed to the title of superintendent, who has\nhad at least seven years of service credited toward the retirement plan\nestablished pursuant to this article while employed by the department of\ncorrections and community supervision and who elects the retirement plan\nestablished pursuant to this article within ninety days of his or her\nappointment. Such election shall be in writing, shall be duly executed\nand filed with the comptroller and shall be irrevocable as long as such\nperson is in the title of superintendent; or\n (ii) a person who serves in the title of superintendent as of April\nfirst, two thousand six, who has had at least seven years of service\ncredited toward the retirement plan established pursuant to this article\nwhile employed by the department of corrections and community\nsupervision and who elects the retirement plan established pursuant to\nthis article on or before September thirtieth, two thousand six. Such\nelection shall be in writing, shall be duly executed and filed with the\ncomptroller and shall be irrevocable as long as such person is in the\ntitle of superintendent.\n (c) Any person in the title of superintendent who is eligible to make\nan election as described in this section but who does not make such\nelection, shall remain a member of the retirement plan that persons\nappointed to the title of superintendent join who do not meet the above\ncriteria.\n 3. Members of the New York city police pension fund or the New York\ncity fire department pension fund;\n 4. Members qualified for participation in the uniformed transit police\nforce plan or housing police force plan in the New York city employees'\nretirement system;\n 5. Investigator members of the New York city employees' retirement\nsystem; and\n 6. Members of the uniformed force of the New York city department of\nsanitation who join or rejoin a public retirement system of the state on\nor after April first, two thousand twelve.\n In the event that there is a conflict between the provisions of this\narticle and the provisions of any other law or code, the provisions of\nthis article shall govern.\n b. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the\ncontrary, persons who on or after July first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-six:\n 1. Enter the employment of a public employer which participates for\nsuch employees in the New York city employees' retirement system, the\nNew York city teachers' retirement system and the New York city board of\neducation retirement system shall be required to become members or shall\nbe eligible or ineligible for membership in such retirement system or\npension fund in the manner provided for by the relevant provisions of\nthe New York city administrative code and other relevant laws and rules\nand regulations except that, notwithstanding any other provision of law,\nmembers who were employed by the New York city board of education and\nassigned during the first fifteen days of the school term to a position\nwhich is expected to be vacant for the term and who wer
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